@article {Kaufman:2011:1087-3244:766,
title = "Food and Drug Administration Evaluation and Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2011",
volume = "35",
number = "6",
publication date ="2011-11-04T00:00:00",
pages = "766-776",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2011/00000035/00000006/art00012",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.35.6.12",
keyword = "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, SMOKING, REGULATION, RISK, EVALUATION",
author = "Kaufman, Annette R. and Waters, Erika A. and Parascandola, Mark and Augustson, Erik M. and Bansal-Travers, Maansi and Hyland, Andrew and Cummings, K. Michael",
abstract = "
Objectives: To examine the relationship between a belief about Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety evaluation of cigarettes and smoking risk perceptions. Methods: A nationally representative, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of 1046 adult current cigarette smokers.
Results: Smokers reporting that the FDA does not evaluate cigarettes for safety (46.1%), exhibited greater comprehension of the health risks of smoking and were more likely (48.5%) than other participants (33.6%) to report quit intentions. Risk perceptions partially mediated the relationship
between FDA evaluation belief and quit intentions. Conclusions: These findings highlight the need for proactive, effective communication to the public about the aims of new tobacco product regulations.",
}